I have always preferred Kentucky over Eastman. Perhaps it is the flat fingerboard...perhaps its width...or the set-up...not really sure. The KM-505 has always been the "standard" for me. Great instrument for the price. I have always thought it was the least expensive mandolin suitable to learn on. An easy playing mandolin is critical in my mind for a student. I have to admit I happened to be able to afford a much more expensive instrument as my first "good" one (Weber "Bighorn"). I started on a Mid-Missouri pancake style I found in a pawn shop for $300 (the pancake mandolins also can be good to start with).
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